Tracklist

CD 1	77:36
1-1	–Edvard Grieg	Morning (Peer Gynt)	4:15
1-2	–Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Piano Concerto No.21 'Elvira Madigan'	5:18
1-3	–Gabriel Fauré	Pavane	6:07
1-4	–Johann Pachelbel	Canon In D	4:59
1-5	–Gregorio Allegri	Miserere Mei, Deus	4:30
1-6	–Tomaso Albinoni	Adagio In G Minor	5:48
1-7	–Sir Edward Elgar	Nimrod	3:54
1-8	–Antonín Dvořák	New World Symphony	4:43
1-9	–Max Bruch	Violin Concerto No.1 In G Minor	4:21
1-10	–Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Clarinet Concerto In A	4:35
1-11	–Joaquín Rodrigo	Concierto De Aranjuez	4:44
1-12	–Ludwig van Beethoven	Moonlight Sonato	3:55
1-13	–Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy	Violin Concerto In E Minor	4:35
1-14	–Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff	Piano Concerto No.2 In C Minor	4:28
1-15	–Ralph Vaughan Williams	The Lark Ascending	6:21
1-16	–Pietro Mascagni	Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana)	3:40
CD 2	75:48
2-1	–Georg Friedrich Händel	The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba	2:46
2-2	–Antonio Vivaldi	Spring (The Four Seasons)	3:39
2-3	–Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Eine Kleine Nachtmusik	5:50
2-4	–Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Horn Concerto No.4	3:33
2-5	–Ludwig van Beethoven	Emperor Concerto	6:38
2-6	–Gustav Holst	Jupiter (The Planets)	4:46
2-7	–Carl Orff	O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)	2:28
2-8	–Michael Nyman	Theme From The Piano	3:11
2-9	–Ludwig van Beethoven	Symphony No.5 In C Minor	6:32
2-10	–Edvard Grieg	Piano Concerto In A Minor	4:24
2-11	–Sir Edward Elgar	Cello Concerto	3:21
2-12	–Giacomo Puccini	Nessun Dorma (Turandot)	3:03
2-13	–Léo Delibes	Flower Duet (Lakme)	3:27
2-14	–Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff	Piano Concerto No.3 In D Minor	2:49
2-15	–Georges Bizet	Au Fond Du Temple Saint (The Pearl Fishers)	5:22
2-16	–Sergej S. Prokofiew*	Montagues And Capulets	1:49
2-17	–Richard Strauss	On The Beautiful Blue Danube	3:45
2-18	–Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	1812 Overture	3:30
2-19	–Ludwig van Beethoven	Ode To Joy ('Choral' Symphony)	3:19

Credits

• Baritone Vocals – Ernest Blanc (tracks: 2-15)
• Bass Vocals – James Morris (tracks: 2-19)
• Cello – Jacqueline Du Pre* (tracks: 2-11)
• Choir – Halle Choir* (tracks: 1-3), Choir Of King's College, Cambridge* (tracks: 1-5), London Philharmonic Choir* (tracks: 2-7), The Westminster Choir* (tracks: 2-19)
• Clarinet – Jack Bryner* (tracks: 1-10)
• Composed By, Directed By, Producer – Michael Nyman (tracks: 2-8)
• Conductor – Alain Lombard (tracks: 2-13), Alberto Lysy (tracks: 2-2), Bryden Thomson (tracks: 1-2), Efrem Kurtz (tracks: 1-13), Franz Welser-Most* (tracks: 2-7), George Szell (tracks: 2-5), Giuseppe Patane* (tracks: 2-12), Herbert von Karajan (tracks: 2-17), Kurt Sanderling (tracks: 2-9), Mariss Jansons (tracks: 1-8, 2-14, 2-18), Maurice Handford (tracks: 1-3), Pierre Dervaux (tracks: 2-15), Riccardo Muti (tracks: 1-16, 2-16, 2-19), Sir Adrian Boult (tracks: 1-7, 1-15), Sir John Barbirolli (tracks: 2-11), Sir Neville Marriner (tracks: 1-1, 1-4, 1-6, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4, 2-10), Sir Simon Rattle (tracks: 1-11, 1-14, 2-6), Sir Thomas Beecham (tracks: 1-10), Stephen Cleobury (tracks: 1-5), Walter Susskind (tracks: 1-9)
• Guitar – Julian Bream (tracks: 1-11)
• Horn – Barry Tuckwell (tracks: 2-4)
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Danielle Millet (tracks: 2-13)
• Orchestra – Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra* (tracks: 2-17), Camerata Lysy Gstaad (tracks: 2-2), City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (tracks: 1-11, 1-14), Halle Orchestra* (tracks: 1-2, 1-3), St Petersburg Philharmonia Orchestra* (tracks: 2-14), New Philharmonia Orchestra (tracks: 1-15), Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (tracks: 2-12), Paris Opera-Comique Orchestra* (tracks: 2-13, 2-15), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra* (tracks: 1-8, 2-18), Academy Of St Martin In The Fields* (tracks: 1-1, 1-4, 1-6, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4), The Cleveland Orchestra (tracks: 2-5), London Philharmonic Orchestra* (tracks: 2-7), London Symphony Orchestra* (tracks: 1-7, 2-10, 2-11), The Philadelphia Orchestra (tracks: 1-9, 1-13, 1-16, 2-6, 2-9, 2-16, 2-19), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra* (tracks: 1-10)
• Piano – Cecile Ousset* (tracks: 1-14, 2-10), Emil Gilels (tracks: 2-5), Mikhail Rudy* (tracks: 2-14), Stephen Hough (tracks: 1-2)
• Soprano Vocals – Mady Mesple* (tracks: 2-13)
• Tenor Vocals – Nicolai Gedda (tracks: 2-12, 2-15)
• Treble Vocals – Timothy Beasley-Murray (tracks: 1-5)
• Violin – Hugh Bean (tracks: 1-15), Yehudi Menuhin (tracks: 1-9, 1-13, 2-2)
• Vocals [Cantor] – Gerald Finley (tracks: 1-5)

Notes

CD1:
1-1 - Incidental Music Op.23.
1-2 - K467. II - Andante#.
1-5 - Extract.
1-6 - Realised Giazotto#.
1-7 - From 'Enigma' Variations Op.36.
1-8 - Symphony No.9 in E minor 'From The New World' Op.95. II - Largo (opening).
1-9 - Op.26. II - Adagio (opening).
1-10 - K622. II - Adagio (opening).
1-11 - II. Adagio (opening).
1-12 - Piano Sonato No.14 in C Sharp minor 'Moonlight' Op.27 No.2. I - Adagio sostenuto#.
1-13 - Op.64. II - Andante#.
1-14 - Op.18. II - Adagio sostenuto (opening).
1-15 - The Lark Ascending (Opening).

CD2:
2-1 - From 'Solomon'.
2-2 - Concerto No.1 in E 'Spring'. I - Allegro.
2-3 - K525. I - Allegro.
2-4 - K495. III - Rondo (allegro vivace).
2-5 - Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat 'Emperor'. Op.73. I - Allegro#.
2-6 - The Bringer of Jollity (conclusion) from 'The Planets'. Op.32.
2-8 - The Heart Asks Pleasure First The Promise. From the film 'The Piano'.
2-9 - Op.67. I - Allegro con brio.
2-10 - Op.16. I -Allegro molto moderato (opening).
2-11 - Op.85. I - Adagio Moderato (opening).
2-13 - Viens, Mallika (Flower Duet) from Lakme.
2-14 - I - Allegro ma non tanto (opening).
2-15 - Temple Duet from The Pearl Fishers.
2-16 - Dance of the Knights from 'Romeo & Juliet'.
2-17 - Waltz, Op.314#.
2-19 - From Symphony No.9 in D minor 'Choral' Op.125#.

# These pieces have been excerpted or rearranged. Some of the above music represents a section of the original piece.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 724384752125

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
VTDMC 252	Various	The Very Best Of The Classic Experience ‎(2xCass, Comp)	Virgin, Circa	VTDMC 252	UK	1999